Convert Newton to Triple Point of Water
Convert degrees newton to triple points of water instantly. TPW = (°N × 0.01109350941) + 0.9999633914 — use the live calculator, the exact formula, a reference-temperature table and worked examples. Also check the Triple Point of Water to Newton converter for the reverse conversion.
Units explained
Newton
The degree Newton (°N) sets the freezing point of water at 0 °N and the boiling point at 33 °N, making one degree Newton equal to exactly 100/33 kelvins (about 3.03 K) — the largest degree of any classic scale.
Devised by Isaac Newton using linseed-oil thermometers and a ladder of everyday reference points such as melting snow and the heat of the human body, published anonymously around 1701.
Never adopted for practical measurement, but historically important: Newton's idea of anchoring a scale to two reproducible fixed points directly influenced Celsius's centigrade approach four decades later.
Published by Isaac Newton in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in London, around 1701.
Triple Point of Water
The triple point of water is the unique state at which ice, liquid water, and water vapor coexist in equilibrium — exactly 273.16 K (0.01 °C). Treated as a converter unit, 1 triple point of water equals exactly 273.16 kelvins.
Adopted as thermometry's master fixed point because it is exactly reproducible in a sealed glass cell, unlike freezing and boiling points, which shift with atmospheric pressure and dissolved impurities.
Calibration laboratories and the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90); from 1954 to 2019 the kelvin itself was defined as exactly 1/273.16 of this temperature.
Fixed at exactly 273.16 K by the 10th CGPM in 1954; it remained the kelvin's defining point until the 2019 SI redefinition through the Boltzmann constant.
Newton to Triple Point of Water conversion formula
The exact relationship between degrees newton and triple points of water:
To convert degrees newton to triple points of water, multiply the value by 0.01109350941, then add 0.9999633914. To reverse, multiply the value by 90.1428, then subtract 90.1395.
Reference anchors: water freezes at 0 °N = 0.9999633914 TPW and boils at 33 °N = 1.3660492019 TPW (at standard atmospheric pressure).
How to use this converter
Type a value into the calculator. The result in triple points of water updates as you type. Tap a quick value, copy the result with one click, or use the swap arrow to jump straight to the Triple Point of Water to Newton converter for the reverse direction.
Step-by-step: convert degrees newton to triple points of water
- Write down the temperature in degrees newton (°N).
- Multiply the value by 0.01109350941, then add 0.9999633914.
- The result is the same temperature expressed in triple points of water (TPW).
- To reverse, multiply the value by 90.1428, then subtract 90.1395 — or open the Triple Point of Water to Newton converter.
Worked examples
Example 1 — Convert 12.21 °N to TPW (human body temperature):
(12.21 × 0.01109350941) + 0.9999633914 = 1.1354151413 TPW
Example 2 — Convert 33 °N to TPW (the boiling point of water):
(33 × 0.01109350941) + 0.9999633914 = 1.3660492019 TPW
Newton to Triple Point of Water conversion table
Physically meaningful reference temperatures, from absolute zero to the surface of the Sun, converted from degrees newton to triple points of water:
| Newton [°N] | Triple Point of Water [TPW] | Reference point |
|---|---|---|
| -90.1395 | 0 | Absolute zero |
| -13.2 | 0.8535290672 | Where Celsius and Fahrenheit coincide (−40°) |
| -5.8666666667 | 0.9348814695 | Zero Fahrenheit (0 °F) |
| 0 | 0.9999633914 | Water freezes (0 °C / 32 °F) |
| 0.0033 | 1 | Triple point of water |
| 3.3 | 1.0365719725 | Cool day (10 °C / 50 °F) |
| 6.6 | 1.0731805535 | Room temperature (20 °C / 68 °F) |
| 8.25 | 1.091484844 | Standard laboratory temperature (25 °C) |
| 9.9 | 1.1097891346 | Hot day (30 °C / 86 °F) |
| 12.21 | 1.1354151413 | Human body temperature (37 °C / 98.6 °F) |
| 13.2 | 1.1463977156 | Heat-wave day (40 °C / 104 °F) |
| 16.5 | 1.1830062967 | Hot tap water (50 °C / 122 °F) |
| 33 | 1.3660492019 | Water boils (100 °C / 212 °F) |
| 59.4 | 1.6589178503 | Moderate baking oven (180 °C / 356 °F) |
| 1816.6005 | 21.1524381315 | Surface of the Sun (≈5,505 °C) |
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Sources & references
Conversion relationship (TPW = (°N × 0.01109350941) + 0.9999633914) verified against the following authoritative sources:
- BIPM — The International System of Units (SI Brochure 9th ed.)
Official BIPM publication defining the seven SI base units (including the meter) and the rules for their use. The global authority on units of measurement.
- NIST — Guide to the SI
US National Institute of Standards and Technology reference covering the SI base and derived units with definitions and usage rules for US technical practice.
- NIST Special Publication 811 — Guide for the Use of the International System of Units
Detailed NIST guide covering exact conversion factors between SI and US customary units along with formatting and rounding conventions.
- BIPM — International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)
The internationally agreed practical temperature scale, defining fixed points (including the triple point of water at 273.16 K) and interpolation instruments used by national metrology institutes for thermometer calibration worldwide.
- CODATA Internationally Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants
Committee on Data of the International Science Council; authoritative source for the masses of fundamental particles (electron, proton, neutron) and the atomic mass constant.